abcnews.com. i'll see you back here to different at 6:00 with eric thomas. have a great night. we'll be right back. breaking news.k. the bombshell report on president trump's tax returns. "the new york times" reporting the president paid only $750 in taxes in 2016 and again in his first year in office. no taxes paid in 10 out of the 15 years before that, largely because he reported losing more money than he made. the president asked about the report a short time ago. also tonight, battle lines drawn over president trump's supreme court nominee. the president pushing to have his nominee on the bench as soon as possible, saying he believes she'll be confirmed long before election day. judge amy coney barrett the mother of seven, strongly supported by anti-abortion rights activists and religious conservatives, stands to become the youngest justice on the bench. joe biden accusing the president

of trying to use the court to "steal away" health care in the middle of the pandemic. growing fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in the u.s. 33 states and puerto rico reporting an increase in infections. florida now topping 700,000 cases. restaurants and bars packed with customers now allowed to operate at full capacity. new york topping more than one thousand daily cases for the first time since june. protests across the country demanding justice for breonna taylor. more than two dozen people arrested in louisville. a judge now being asked to order the release of the grand jury transcripts amid growing criticism over the kentucky attorney general's handling of the case and questions about the ballistics report. hall of fame football star joe montana and his wife taking on an alleged kidnapper. a woman accused of trying to steal their 9-month-old grandchild. montana's wife wrestling away the baby and what he is now saying about the frightening moments. the wildfire emergency in napa county, the fast-moving "glass" fire forcing evacuations.

strong winds fueling the flames. a hospital transfering its patients. the water scare in an american city. a 6-year-old child dying from a brain-eating amoeba in the water supply. the warning for families tonight. and pro football's new era. two women coaches on each of the sidelines, a female referee on the field, a first for the nfl. and good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with the breaking news, that bombshell headline late today. "the new york times" obtaining information on president trump's tax returns. "the times" reporting the president paid just $750 in taxes in 2016 and again in his first year in office. in 10 out of the 15 years before that, he reportedly paid no taxes at all because he reported losing more money than he made. president trump has repeatedly

refused to release his taxes claiming he's under an irs audit. he was asked about the report just moments ago. andrew dymburt leads off. >> reporter: president trump has refused for years to release his tax returns. "the new york times" obtaining two decades of tax return data for president trump and his business organization showing he paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, and $750 more his first year in the white house. abc news has not seen the documents cited by "the new york times." the president pressed on the report today. >> totally fake news. no. actually i paid tax, and you'll see that, my tax returns, under audit. they've been under audit for a long time. >> reporter: he's bragged about not paying taxes. >> i have legally used the tax

laws to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees. i mean, honestly, i have brilliantly -- i have brilliantly used those laws. >> reporter: defying the decades-long tradition of presidents being transparent about their income taxes. according to the times, the president has paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the 15 years. ♪ revenue from the apprentice is running out. and "the times" report that lobbyists and foreign officials paid top dollar at his properties. transactions that could be seen as conflicts of interest as the president did not divest from those businesses when taking office. the report profits at mar-a-lago rose after trump announced his presidency. the president beginning in $6 million for initiate fees. >> you have to understand that when americans read that you may have paid only a few hundred

dollars in federal income tax per year, that seems pretty low for someone who's a billionaire. >> it all will be revealed. after the audit. i'm being -- they're doing their assessment, we've been negotiating for a long time. all right, let's get right to andrew dymburt. andrew, we heard in your report that the president in your report pushing back against the claims "the new york times." the trump organization is now pushing back as well. >> reporter: abc news reached out the white house for comment they referred to us the trump organization, and the trump organization telling the times, quote, most if not all of the facts appear to be inaccurate. the president is likely to face more questions on this in the coming days. >> all right, andrew dymburt with breaking news tonight. andrew, thank you. george stephanopoulos will lead abc's three hour of debate coverage on tuesday. next tonight the supreme court showdown, the republican

rush to confirm president trump's nominee before election day. president trump heaping praise on judge amy coney barrett, the president says he believes she'll be easily confirmed long before the election day. joe biden blasting the president and warning the president is trying to use the court the steal away health care for millions of americans. here's abc white house correspondent rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, republicans are in lockstep with the president and on track to confirm his supreme court pick before election day. >> she is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution. >> reporter: the president announcing judge amy coney barrett as his nominee in the rose garden eight days after the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg. if confirmed, the 48-year-old would be the youngest justice on the bench. the mother of seven and devout catholic is strongly supported by anti-abortion rights activists and religious conservatives.

>> i clerked for justice scalia more than 20 year ago, but the lessons i learned still resonate. his judicial philosophy is mine too -- a judge must apply the law as written. >> reporter: barrett was narrowly confirmed to the federal appeals court in chicago and she's already preparing for a bitter fight. >> i have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy, either for the short-term or the long haul. >> reporter: her confirmation would reshape the court for generations to come and cement a conservative majority. and democrats argue health care is on the line with the court set to take up a case on the affordable care act, and coverage for pre-existing conditions, just one week after the election. >> a vote for amy coney barrett is a vote to decimate the health care that so many millions of americans need. >> reporter: with the election just 37 days away, in our abc news/"washington post" poll, the majority of americans say the next president, and the next senate should decide who fills the seat.

while president trump uses his third nomination to fire up his base. >> we have justice gorsuch, justice kavanaugh, and now we have amy. >> reporter: joe biden is appealing to republican senators to "summon their conscience" and "do right by the american people" and delay the proceedings. >> the senate has to stand strong for our democracy. they must not act on this nomination until the american people finish the process they've already begun of selecting their president and their congress. >> reporter: and tom, republicans are putting forward an aggressive time line. the first hearing expected to take place on october 12th, setting the stage for a final confirmation vote just days before the election. tom. >> all right, rachel, thank you for that. now to growing unrest in the breonna taylor case. protesters across the country demanding justice, angry no police officers will be directly charged with her killing. kentucky's attorney general under growing scrutiny for his handling of the case.

and a judge now being asked to order the release of the grand jury transcripts. abc's trevor ault is in louisville. >> reporter: tonight, relentless cries of justice for breonna taylor. protests stretching from coast to coast -- leading to several violent confrontations. in louisville, at least 28 arrested overnight as calls increase to make the grand jury transcript public following the decision not to indict the officers in breonna's death. state attorney general daniel cameron claiming wednesday breonna's boyfriend kenneth walker shot a louisville police officer in that botched raid. >> kenneth walker fired the shot that hit sergeant mattingly. the round that struck sergeant mattingly was fired from an 9 millimeter handgun. the lmpd officers fired 40 caliber handguns. >> reporter: but a state ballistic report obtained by abc

news said the shot that hit the officer was "neither identified or eliminated from having been fired" from kenneth walker's gun. the fbi conducted a separate ballistics test. but those results are still not public. >> the kentucky state police's own ballistics' report could not determine that kenny's shot is who hit officer mattingly. >> reporter: cameron also said evidence shows police identified themselves before entering breonna's apartment. >> the officers' statements about their announcement are corroborated by an independent witness. >> reporter: but walker's attorneys say that witness changed his story. only saying police identified themselves two months after the fact. vice news reporting this recording of that neighbor speaking with investigators a week after breonna's death. >> did you ever hear anyone identify themself as police? >> no, nobody identified themself. >> reporter: abc news has not independently authenticated that audio. walker's attorneys also claim at least 11 other neighbors said

the officers burst into breonna's apartment "without identifying themselves." >> is this the only person out of her apartment complex that he allowed to testify before the grand jury? that doesn't seem like you're fighting for breonna. >> reporter: the state attorney general has not yet responded to our request for comment, he has said he won't release the grand jury transcript because of a pending trial and fbi investigation, tom. >> trevor, thank you. we move on now to the coronavirus pandemic and fears of a second wave in the u.s. and around the world. here at home, more than 204,000 american lives lost, 33 states reporting cases on the rise, florida today topping 700,000 cases. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, disturbing scenes of packed bars and restaurants in ft. lauderdale, florida. few masks and no social distancing. this after the governor lifted all restrictions on restaurant capacity. >> i'm healthy, i'm strong, and

i feel comfortable here with all my friends. >> reporter: the state crossing a grim milestone, 700,000 cases. more than 14,000 deaths. the mayor of miami worried about the governor's decision. >> we'll see in the next couple of weeks whether he's right about his perspective. but if he's wrong about his perspective it's going to be a very, very difficult time because it's in the middle of flu season. >> reporter: terry kinder is a seventh grade teacher in florida feeling the pressure covid brings. >> our kids deserve better, we deserve better. it's not working, guys, it's not working. >> reporter: in new york city, more than 500,000 students heading back to in-person learning this week, starting tuesday. the date had been pushed back twice and today the principal's union made a unanimous vote of no confidence for mayor bill de blasio and the city's chancellor. >> all summer long we've been running into roadblock after roadblock, with changing guidance, confusing guidance. sometimes no guidance.

>> reporter: new york seeing a surge, topping more than a thousand covid cases for the first time since june. >> this may be the most precarious moment that we are facing since we have emerged from lockdown. >> reporter: 33 states seeing increases in the infections. wisconsin setting a new record for positive coronavirus cases in a day with nearly 3,000 cases. >> it's really up to the adults to be an example to the children, to wear a mask. and i'm just not seeing that. >> reporter: experts fear a new surge in the winter. one projection has the daily death rate going from 765 to an alarming 3,000 by late december. >> if we don't carefully follow the guidelines, the other guidelines, the masking, the distancing, the crowds, then we may see another surge again. >> reporter: grocers are preparing. one prominent chain stockpiling groceries and building pandemic pallets of cleaning and sanitizing products.

the department of health here in new york city warn they'll enforce mask and social distancing in the city where there are clusters. saying they could hand out fines. now to the fast-moving wildfire across napa county. the images still coming in. did glass fire spreading north of san francisco. a hospital transferring its patients. multiple structures are destroyed. we want to get right now to abc senior meteorologist rob marciano with the forecast. we know that the next 24/48 hours out there are going to be important. >> reporter: 48 hours. take a look at this, red flag warnings are up through a huge chunk of the west. poor air quality in california. northwest, don't worry about that. critical fire danger for the northern sacramento valley. strong winds, low level of humidity. temperatures approaching the 100-degree mark in burbank by wednesday.

cold air is what's causing the winds in the west, but that cold air will be driving to the east bringing heavier rain to the northeast on tuesday and wednesday. tom. >> a messy week ahead. rob, thank you. next tonight, to the alarming headline involving hall of famer joe montana. a woman walking into his residence in malibu trying to kidnap his grandchild, taking the baby from the playpen. montana and his wife jumping in. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying moments for legendary football player joe montana and his wife. a home intruder allegedly snatching their infant grandchild. the l.a. sheriff's department saying a female suspect entered a malibu home where montana and his wife were saturday night. that's when, they say, she tried to kidnap montana's 9-month-old grandchild from the living room, then walked upstairs where the football hall-of-famer and his wife confronted her. according to the sheriff's department, "a tussle ensued and mrs. montana was able to safely pry the child out of the suspect's arms." joe montana flagged patrolling

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it's a tough situation. >> reporter: now every tuesday, aiden goes to cook children's hospital for his nearly three-hour chemotherapy treatments. and with covid-19 restrictions in place, only one parent is allowed to be with him inside. >> one day i guess he was having a bad time, and i said, hey, check this out. and i just started dancing. >> reporter: chuck walks aiden to the hospital door, goes back to his car, calls aiden, gets his dance requests and lets loose. chuck's weekly "dad dancing" even becoming the talk of the hospital parking lot. the sprinkler, the lawn mower, the wave and the disco, even inventing their own dance, called the "koolemia." even aiden's friends are taking notice. >> "your dad's got some moves." >> reporter: tonight, father and son perfecting those dance moves and keeping that positive attitude. >> it just brings so much joy to him. >> dad definitely has the moves. thanks so much for watching. i'm tom llamas. stay safe. good night.

the gla ws fire prompting evacuations and forcing hundreds from their homes. >> those mandatory evacuations include a hospital where people were moved out by ambulance. >> and some scary moments for 49er great joe montana and his wife when they're confronted by a kidnapper. next on abc7 news at 6:00. a massive fire explodes east napa valley forcing mandatory evacuations. cal fire is putting everything they have into it including this huge dc-10. hello, thank you for joining us. >> the glass fire broke out early this morning in the hills north of st. helena and to the east of calistoga. there are both manner to evacuations and evacuation warnings as you can see on the

map. >> let's take a look at the so-called glass fire. 0 pers 0% contained. an estimated 1500 people included in the evacuation order. another 1,400 homes were under warnings with 1,400 people to get ready to go. >> let's begin with our meteorologist drew tuma. we know these conditions are dangerous for firefighters. >> yeah. and the winds will be a problem overnight as another burt of those offshore winds are expected to arrive. it is hot, dry, we're at 90 degrees. humidity is bone dry at 15%. the winds out of the north are gusting to about 14 miles per hour. around our hills currently, you can see diablo gusting to 30. you can see mount st. helena gusting as well. let's show you what we're watching later this evening. hour by hour we go.